The first time, the defendant told him he had been at Enloe Medical Center in Chico on the night of the incident. A friend had picked him up from the hospital and returned him to Paradise.

About 20 minutes after the first call, Yates reportedly called Schmid again and said he wasn”t fully truthful because his wife had been standing nearby during the call.

During the second conversation, Yates said he met the alleged victim outside of Enloe and they traveled in her vehicle to her residence off Yosemite Drive in east Chico.

There, the woman and her boyfriend reportedly got into an argument. Yates tried to intervene before the boyfriend left. Yates himself remained briefly before leaving. He said he locked the door and believed the woman”s Honda Accord was still present.

The prosecution alleges Yates removed items from the woman”s residence and took her car after she fell asleep.

During the investigation after the incident, Schmid said he initially went to the victim”s residence and then to Yates” residence on Schmale Lane in lower Paradise. Looking through a kitchen window, he saw a television stored in an entranceway.

He and another officer returned later to look for additional items and the woman”s car. They located the vehicle partially concealed in some bushes on an easement near the Paradise Moose Lodge 2227. The lodge is near Schmale Lane.

In the vehicle, Schmid located the woman”s purse, wallet and other items.

On cross-examination by defense attorney Eric Ortner, Schmid acknowledged there was no indication the woman”s bank cards had been used. Also when the vehicle”s keys weren”t found in the car, the woman provided a backup pair to recover her vehicle.

The woman testified Tuesday items taken from her residence included two televisions worth $1,300 and a laptop computer worth $1,200. The items were in poor condition when they were returned to her.

Testimony continues Friday.

When this case is resolved, Yates awaits resentencing in a case where he critically injured a motorcyclist on the Palermo-Honcut Highway on Aug. 26, 2011.

Yates had initially been sentenced last August to six years in state prison — three years for felony hit-and-run and three years for a great bodily injury enhancement.

Deputy district attorney Kennedy Rizzuto said outside of court that the resentencing is necessary because the enhancement was stricken. The special allegation would have applied if the injury took place as a result of Yates fleeing the scene.